Physical Performance Optimisation

Wellness & High-Performance Coach

 

Degree in Dance from the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon (FMH-UL), with international training in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, certified through the 200-hour It’s Yoga Teacher Training Course – RYT200 by Yoga Alliance (USA). Completed the second year of the Master’s Degree in High-Performance Training at FMH-UL.

Began a career in movement as a high-performance DanceSport athlete in 1991, achieving top-level national and international titles over a 12-year period. With approximately 24,000 hours of training and professional development, developed a strong foundation in movement, physical conditioning and performance.

 

Joined the Gulbenkian Ballet as a professional dancer, collaborating with specialists in movement techniques and creators working across different artistic languages. Continued an international career as a dancer with Company Blue Elephant, under the direction of Jun In-Jung, at Tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf, Germany, and with Compagnie Hervé Robbe – CCN du Havre, Haute-Normandie, France, performing at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and Vulcan Scène Nationale in Le Havre.

 

Within high-performance sport, works with athletes across individual and team sports, collaborating with clubs and associations including Clube Recreativo Piedense, Lisboa Ginásio Clube, Associação Fusões, Clube Desportivo Parque Expo, ADDT-Tremês and Escola do Chapitô. Professional practice focuses on injury prevention, coordination training, balance, flexibility and functional mobility.

 

Currently teaches and provides consultancy in the following areas:

  • Ashtanga Yoga and Soft Yoga

  • Mobility, stretching and functional flexibility training

  • Posture and focus techniques applied to corporate environments

  • Movement optimisation for high performance, working with professional dancers and elite or developing athletes

  • Body awareness applied to musicians

Collaborates with the multidisciplinary GAPP (Group for Action in Psychology and Performance) intervention team, under the coordination of Ana Bispo Ramires.